Dean Nicholson

This is a travel memoir by 30 year old Scottish cyclist Dean Nicholson, written with Garry Jenkins presumably as a ghost writer. Dean decided to set off on an adventure, cycling around the world. This began initially with him cycling with a friend, then soon ended up with him continuing alone. Three months into the journey, while cycling through Bosnia, Dean found an abandoned kitten by the side of the road, attempting to follow him. Dean couldn’t leave the pathetic little thing so he put her on his bike and carried on. This was the beginning of a great partnership. Dean and the kitten, who he named Nala, after the Lion King, became inseparable, and journeyed together through multiple countries. Nala’s presence also led to his travel blog becoming amazingly popular, racking up more than 750 thousand followers, and also gave Dean some sense of direction and purpose. Now he was able to direct people’s thoughts and money towards causes which he endorsed, such as animal welfare.

I think the idea of a kitten and a man joining forces and cycling together is always going to be an appealing and heart-warming one. I’m not sure though, that the modern concept of altruism and humanitarianism by “raising awareness” one instagram like at a time completely resonates with me. At least the cat gave him some sort of direction.… (plus d'informations)

Dean Nicholson is a bighearted Scottish bloke biking his way down the coastline from Bosnia, when he and his buddy have a spat and part ways. At a rest in Montenegro, he sees a scrawny, malnourished kitten crawling on some rocks and decides to save her. Of course, they become inseparable almost immediately, and have some scary adventures together as they travel south to Greece, spend a summer in Santorini, and start crossing Turkey before routes through India and Iran and Russia become too challenging, and they turn back. Dean and Nala (the cat) become social media darlings, with hundreds of thousands of followers, and Dean becomes a source of inspiration for many, using his status to raise funds to protect animals and nature. Then, the coronavirus sinks his grand plan to circumnavigate the globe on his Trek bicycle. Nala is a delight, whether playing with others, kissing Dean, clowning around, riding in front of the bike, rear or on Dean's shoulder. A heart warming story, with the classic "who saved who" theme as Dean admits straight up that she made him a better person.… (plus d'informations)